--- title: how to translate booking form in reservics description: "Reservics shows your booking widget in your customer's own language, automatically. Out of the box it speaks five languages, follows whatever language your storefront is set to, and gives you a place to reword any text or add a language…" url: "https://www.apselo.com/docs/kb/how-to-translate-booking-form-in-reservics/" updated: "2026-07-10" category: Reservics / Features --- # how to translate booking form in reservics Reservics shows your booking widget in your customer's own language, automatically. Out of the box it speaks five languages, follows whatever language your storefront is set to, and gives you a place to reword any text or add a language yourself. This guide explains how it works and how to set it up. ### The five built-in languages The reservation widget ships with professional translations for: - English - Dutch - German - French - Spanish These work with **no setup at all**. If a visitor is browsing your store in one of these languages, the widget, the booking form, the confirmation screen and the cancel or manage screens all appear in that language on their own. ### How the widget picks a language The widget follows your **storefront language**, the same language your theme, product pages and checkout use for that visitor. It does not use a separate setting inside Reservics. Your storefront languages are controlled in Shopify under **Settings → Languages**. When you publish a language there, Shopify shows a language selector on your storefront (and serves the translated pages), and the widget switches with the rest of the page. A visitor who never changes language sees your store's default, and the widget matches it. If a visitor is browsing in a language the widget does not have (say Italian, before you have translated it), the widget falls back to English so it is never blank. ### How to preview it 1. In Shopify, go to **Settings → Languages** and make sure the language you want to test is added and published (for example Dutch or German). 2. Open your storefront and switch to that language using your theme's language selector (or visit the language-prefixed URL, for example `your-store.com/nl/`). 3. Open the booking widget. Every screen now appears in that language. There is nothing to turn on inside Reservics for the built-in languages. Publishing the language in Shopify is all it takes. ### Rewording text or matching your brand voice If you want to change any wording, for example to say "Reserve a table" instead of "Book a table", or to translate a phrase differently, open **Reservics → Settings → Translations**. 1. Pick the language you want to edit from the **Language** menu. 2. Each field shows the current text. Edit only the fields you want to change. 3. Click **Save**. Any field you leave untouched keeps the built-in translation, and it will keep improving automatically as we update our translations. Only the fields you actually edit become your own custom wording. ### Adding a language we do not ship yet You can translate the widget into any language your store uses, even ones that are not built in. Common choices such as Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese and many more are available. 1. Go to **Settings → Translations** and choose the language from the **Add your own** group in the Language menu. 2. The fields start out showing English as a reference. Type your translation into each field. 3. Click **Save**. Visitors browsing your store in that language will now see your translation. Any field you leave in English simply stays English for them, so you can translate a few important lines first and finish the rest later. ### Right-to-left languages Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu read from right to left. When you add one of these, the widget automatically switches to a right-to-left layout for those visitors. We recommend previewing it on your live storefront to confirm it looks the way you expect before you rely on it. ### Good to know - **Only the booking widget is translated.** The Reservics admin area (the screens only you and your staff see) stays in English. - **Your edits are safe.** Changing wording never affects your reservations, hours or capacity. It only changes the text shown to customers. - **Nothing breaks if you do nothing.** If you never open the Translations tab, the widget keeps its built-in translations for the five supported languages and English everywhere else. - **Translations are per store.** The wording you set applies to your shop only. ### Frequently asked questions **Do I have to translate anything for English, Dutch, German, French or Spanish?** No. Those are built in and work automatically. Use the Translations tab only if you want to reword something. **My storefront is only in English. Do I need this?** Not unless you want to. If you later add more storefront languages in Shopify, the widget will start using them without any extra work. **I translated a language but customers still see English. Why?** Check that the language is *published* in Shopify under Settings → Languages, and that the customer is actually browsing your store in that language. The widget follows the storefront language, so if the page is in English, the widget is too. **Can I change wording for just one language?** Yes. Each language is edited separately. Changes to one language never affect the others.